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Ko te Afamelanotide he homoni waihanga e āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te whakaputa i te melanin, te pūtoi tūturu e hoatu ana i te tae ki tō kiri me te tiaki i te kino o te rā. Ka tae mai tēnei rongoā hei whakato iti ka whakatakotoria ki raro i tō kiri e tētahi kaiwhakarato hauora, kei reira e tuku pōturi ana i te rongoā i roto i ngā marama maha.
Kei te whakaaro pea koe mō tēnei maimoatanga mēnā kua tātai koe, tētahi rānei e mōhio ana koe, ki te mate onge e kīia nei ko te erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). Ko tēnei rongoā e tohu ana i te whakatutukitanga mō te hunga kua noho me te tairongo nui ki te rā, e tuku ana i te whai wāhi ki te noho i waho i te haumaru.
Kua whakaaetia te Afamelanotide ki te āwhina i ngā pakeke e mate ana i te erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), he mate ira onge e tairongo rawa ai tō kiri ki te rā. Ko te hunga e mate ana i te EPP ka pā mai te mamae nui, te pūhi, me te kino o te kiri ahakoa i muri i te pānga poto ki te rā e kore e raru i te nuinga o te tangata.
E mahi ana tēnei rongoā mā te whakanui i te whakaputanga melanin tūturu o tō tinana, e mahi ana hei pare rā o roto. Whakaarohia te melanin hei pūnaha whakamarumaru o roto o tō kiri e āwhina ana ki te ngongo me te marara i ngā hihi UV kino i mua i te kino.
I ētahi whenua, ka tohutohu pea ngā tākuta i te afamelanotide mō ētahi atu mate onge e tairongo ana ki te mārama, engari ko te EPP tonu tana whakamahinga tuatahi me te tino rangahau. Kua huri te maimoatanga i te oranga mō te nuinga o te hunga i mua i te karo i ngā mahi o waho.
E whai ana te Afamelanotide i tētahi homoni tūturu i tō tinana e kīia nei ko te alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH). E kī ana tēnei homoni ki ngā pūtau motuhake i tō kiri e kīia nei ko melanocytes ki te whakaputa i te melanin, te pūtoi e hoatu ana i te tae me ngā āhuatanga whakamarumaru ki tō kiri.
He rongoā kaha tēnei, ko te tikanga ka kitea ngā huringa i te ahua o tō kiri me te kaha ki te rā i roto i te wā. Ka mōhio pea koe ka pōuri haere tō kiri i te mea ka nui ake te melanin e hangaia ana e tō tinana hei whakautu ki te rongoā.
Ka tukuna te rongoā e te whakauru i te pōturi me te rite tonu i roto i te rua marama pea, e whai wā ana tō kiri ki te hanga i ōna parenga tūturu. Mā tēnei tukanga pōturi e ārai kia noho haumaru me te pumau ngā pānga puta noa i te wā o te rongoā.
Ka tae mai te Afamelanotide hei whakauru iti ka waiho e tō kaiwhakarato hauora ki raro i te kiri o tō ringa o runga, huha, puku rānei. Kāore e taea e koe te tango i tēnei rongoā mā te waha, te werohia rānei e koe i te kāinga.
Ka mahia te tikanga whakauru i roto i te tari o tō tākuta, he meneti noa iho te roa. Ka horoi tō tākuta i te wāhi, ka whakamoe ki te rongoā whakamoe ā-rohe, ka hanga he tapahi iti, ka waiho te whakauru ki raro i tō kiri mā te whakamahi i tētahi pūrere motuhake e kiia nei ko te trocar.
Kāore i rite ki ngā rongoā waha, kāore koe e hiahia ki te māharahara mō te tango i te afamelanotide me te kai, te wai rānei. Kia oti te whakauru, ka mahi tonu i te kore he mahi o ia rā i tō taha. Ka paku mamae pea te wāhi whakauru mō te rā, e rua rānei, he rite ki te whiwhi kano ārai mate.
Ko te nuinga o te tangata ka whiwhi i ngā whakauru afamelanotide ia rua ki te toru marama, i mua i te wā me te wā o ngā wāhanga e tūmanako ana rātou kia nui ake te pānga o te rā. Ka hangaia e tō tākuta tētahi hōtaka whaiaro i runga i ō hiahia motuhake me te wāhi matawhenua.
He maha ngā tāngata ka tīmata i te rongoā i te tīmatanga o te puna hei whakarite i ō rātou kiri mō ngā mahi raumati. Ka ngaro haere ngā pānga o ia whakauru i roto i te wā, nō reira he mea nui te rongoā tonu mō te pupuri i te whakamarumaru puta noa i ō wāhanga o waho e kaha ana.
Ka aroturukihia e tō tākuta tō urupare ki te rongoā, ā, ka whakatikatika pea i te wā i runga i te pai o tō tū ki te rā, me te pānga o ngā pānga taha. Ko ētahi tāngata ka hiahia rongoā i te tau katoa mēnā e noho ana rātou i ngā wāhi e nui ana te rā, he tino kaha rānei te tairongo ki te mārama.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka taea e afamelanotide te pānga taha, ahakoa te nuinga o te iwi e pai ana ki te tango. Ko ngā pānga taha tino noa he ngawari, he wā poto.
Anei ngā pānga taha ka pā ki a koe, ka tīmata mai i ngā mea tino noa:
Ko ēnei pānga taha noa ka pai ake i roto i ngā rā torutoru ki te wiki i muri i ia whakaurunga. E kite ana te nuinga o te iwi he ngawari, he pai hoki ngā painga o te whakanui i te tū ki te rā.
Ahakoa he onge, ka pā pea ki ētahi tāngata ngā pānga taha nui ake e hiahia ana ki te āwhina hauora:
Whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora tonu mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi o ēnei pānga taha nui ake. Ka taea e rātou te āwhina ki te whakatau mēnā e pā ana ngā tohu ki tō rongoā me ngā mahi hei whai ake.
Kāore a Afamelanotide e tika ana mō te katoa, ā, ka āta arotake tō tākuta i tō hītori hauora i mua i te tūtohu i tēnei rongoā. He maha ngā āhuatanga ka kore e tika tēnei rongoā mōu.
Kāore koe e whiwhi afamelanotide mēnā kei a koe ētahi o ēnei āhuatanga:
Ka tino tūpato anō tō tākuta ki te whai koe i ētahi atu āhuatanga e hiahia ana kia mātakitaki motuhake:
Mā te pono ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō tō hītori rongoā katoa ka āwhina i te afamelanotide kia noho haumaru me te whai hua mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
Ka hokohoko te Afamelanotide i raro i te ingoa waitohu Scenesse i te nuinga o ngā whenua e wātea ana. Koinei te ingoa waitohu tuatahi ka kitea e koe i te wā e kōrero ana koe i tēnei rongoā ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora, ki te kaimātai rongoā rānei.
I ētahi rohe, ka kite pea koe i te ingoa matū, [Nle4-D-Phe7]-α-MSH, ahakoa ka whakamahia tēnei ingoa hangarau i ngā wāhi rangahau. Ko te nuinga o ngā kaiwhakarato hauora me ngā tūroro e kī ana ko afamelanotide, ko Scenesse rānei.
Ko te rongoā nei i hangaia e Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals, ā, he rerekē te wātea i ia whenua i runga i ngā whakaaetanga ture ā-rohe. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te mārama mēnā kei te wātea tēnei rongoā i tō rohe me te pēhea te uru atu.
I tēnei wā, kāore ētahi atu rongoā e mahi rite ana ki te afamelanotide mō te rongoā i te EPP. Heoi, he rautaki whakahaere anō tō te hunga e whai ana i tēnei āhuatanga ka āwhina i te whakaiti i te tairongo ki te rā me te whakapai ake i te kounga o te ora.
Koinei ngā kōwhiringa matua ka kōrero tō tākuta ki a koe:
He maha ngā tāngata whai EPP e kite ana ko te whakakotahi i te afamelanotide me ēnei atu tikanga whakamarumaru ka puta ngā hua pai rawa atu. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te waihanga i tētahi mahere whānui e pai ana mō tō oranga me ō hiahia.
Ko te afamelanotide te mea e kiia ana he whai hua ake i te beta-carotene mō te whakahaere i ngā tohumate EPP, ahakoa ka taea e ngā rongoā e rua te whai wāhi ki tō mahere tiaki. Kua whakaatu ngā rangahau haumanu ko te afamelanotide e whakarato ana i te whakamarumaru pai ake i te mamae e pā ana ki te rā, ā, ka taea e ngā tāngata te noho roa ake i waho i te haumaru.
Kua whakamahia te beta-carotene mō ngā tekau tau hei āwhina i te hunga whai EPP, engari he ōna here. Ka taea e ia te huri i tō kiri ki te karaka-kowhai i te whakamahinga wā roa, ā, ko ngā pānga whakamarumaru he ngawari ake i te mea ka whiwhi koe i te afamelanotide.
Ko te painga nui o te beta-carotene ko te mea ka tangohia hei tāpiringa waha, nā reira kāore he hiahia mō ngā tikanga whakato. Heoi, he maha ngā tāngata e kite ana ko te whakamarumaru pai ake e tukuna ana e te afamelanotide ka whai hua te tukanga whakato.
E taunaki ana ētahi tākuta kia whakamahia ngātahi ngā rongoā e rua, inā koa i ngā wā e nui ana te pānga o te rā. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau i ngā painga me ngā ngoikoretanga o ia kōwhiringa i runga i tō āhuatanga me ō hiahia.
Te ahua nei he haumaru te Afamelanotide mō te hunga e mate pūngāwerewere ana, nā te mea kāore e nui te pānga ki te pēhanga toto, ki te manawa rānei i te nuinga o te tangata. Heoi anō, me mahi tahi tō tākuta ngākau me te tākuta e whakahau ana i te afamelanotide ki te whakarite kia tika mō tō āhuatanga ngākau.
Ka ngongo pōturi te rongoā mai i te whakato, ko te tikanga he iti ake te tūponotanga ki te huri ohorere i tō pūnaha ngākau i te rongoā e horomia ana e koe. Heoi anō, he mea nui kia kōrero mō ngā raruraru ngākau i te wā o tō kōrero kia taea ai e tō tākuta te aroturuki tika i a koe.
Mēnā ka kite koe kei te toto te wāhi whakato, te ahua nei kei te puta mai te whakato, kua pōhewa rānei koe i te wāhi, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta tonu. Kaua e ngana ki te tūhono anō i te whakato, ki te tango rānei i a koe anō.
Kia ma te wāhi, ka hipokina ki te takai ma, kia tae rā anō koe ki te tākuta. I te nuinga o ngā wā, me tango me te whakakapi i te whakato kua pōhewa kia mōhio ai koe kei te whiwhi tonu koe i te horopeta tika o te rongoā.
Mēnā ka taka katoa te whakato, waiho ki roto i te ipu ma, ka mau ki a koe ki tō hui. Me tirotiro e tō tākuta kia mōhio ai koe i whiwhi koe i te horopeta katoa, me whakakapi rānei.
I te mea ka tukuna a afamelanotide hei whakato e tō tākuta, e kore e taea e koe te tango i tētahi horopeta i ngaro i te kāinga pēnei i te pire. Mēnā ka ngaro koe i tō whakaritenga, whakapā atu ki te tari o tō tākuta i te wa e taea ai ki te whakarite anō.
He mea nui te wā o ō horopeta mō te pupuri i te whakamarumaru tonu, ina koa kei te whakarite koe mō te nui ake o te rā. Tera pea ka hiahia tō tākuta ki te whakatika i tō mahere maimoatanga i runga i te roa o tō tōmuri mō tō whakaritenga.
I tēnā wā, me whakamahi tonu i ō atu tikanga whakamarumaru rā pēnei i te kirīmi rā, ngā kākahu whakamarumaru, me te whakawhāiti i ngā mahi o waho i ngā haora rā nui. He mea nui ake ēnei tikanga i waenga i ngā whakato.
Ka taea e koe te whakamutu i te maimoatanga afamelanotide i ngā wā katoa, ahakoa he pai ake te kōrero i tēnei whakatau ki tō tākuta tuatahi. Ka ngaro haere ngā pānga o te rongoā i roto i ngā marama e whai ake nei i te mea ka ngongo te whakato, ka hoki anō ō taumata melanin ki te tūāpapa.
He tokomaha ngā tāngata e whiriwhiri ana ki te whakamutu i te maimoatanga i ngā marama o te takurua i te mea he iti ake te rā, katahi ka tīmata anō i te puna ki te whakarite mō ngā mahi raumati. Ko ētahi atu ka whakatau ki te whakamutu i te maimoatanga mō ake tonu atu mēnā ka pā mai ngā pānga taha, mēnā rānei ka huri ō rātou āhuatanga o te ora.
Kia mahara ko te whakamutu i te maimoatanga ko te tikanga ka memeha haere tō whakamarumaru rā kua whakarei ake. Me hoki koe ki ngā tikanga karo rā tino kaha me ētahi atu rautaki whakamarumaru hei whakahaere i ō tohumate EPP i te haumaru.
Me karo koe i te whakakori tinana kaha me te kauhoe mō te 24 ki te 48 haora i muri i te whakato kia pai ai te rāwāhi o te wāhi whakauru. Ka āwhina tēnei ki te ārai i te whakato mai i te huri i tōna tūnga me te whakaiti i te tūponotanga o te mate.
Whai muri i ngā rā tuatahi, ka taea e koe te hoki ki ō mahi o ia rā, tae atu ki te whakakori tinana me te kauhoe. I hangaia te whakauru kia noho tonu i te wā o te whakakori tinana, ā, me ora katoa te wāhi i tapahia i roto i te wiki.
Mēnā ka kite koe i te mamae rerekē, te pūhi, te wai rānei e puta mai ana i te wāhi whakauru i te wā o te whakakori tinana, i muri rānei, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta. Koinei pea ngā tohu e kore e ora ana te wāhi, kua neke rānei te whakauru.
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